Lease of land, Willingham, Cambridgeshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.1671.A
  • Dates of Creation
    • Jan. 1690
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Thomas Gearing, M.A., and Anne Marshall, widow, of Willingham lease to Edward Negus, blacksmith, of Willingham, a piece of land ... to convert use into possession. This piece of parchment has been used as a binding for a collection of paper sheets bearing the minutes of Courts Baron etc. held in sundry manors of Cambridgeshire (see MS Doc.1671). The parchment is not quite complete as the right-hand edge has been cut away and part of the bottom, so that the names of the witnesses have gone.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by C.E. Townley, M.A., 17 August 1931

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